I (18M) live in the US, and recently visited Japan in the summer of last year and enjoyed it very much. So after some deliberation, I decided to start looking and applying for universities in Japan. However, I decided that too late and the window for well-known places like Sophia, UTokyo, Waseda, had already closed. So I decided to send out 2 applications to Keio and Temple University Japan. I'm competent, but not very academically competitive, so it wasn't that much of a surprise to me when I didn't make Keio's acceptance list. I did receive and accept an offer to TUJ, and I'm in the process of completing their admissions cycle. I did read a lot of reviews from both Quora and the past posts mentioning TUJ on this subreddit, and those reviews have me questioning if I should go through with going to TUJ or not. An alternative I'm considering is going to a language school in Japan for a year to wait for the previously mentioned universities' next admissions cycle. So right now I'm a bit stuck between these two paths. I am interested in staying/working in Japan long-term after I get whatever degree, or going for a master's.
by Terminal_777